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34-560: The institution has its roots dated back to the Congregazione de' musici di Roma named after Saint Cecilia in 1565 (now Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ). Since the early 19th century there had been the need for a music school in the institution. It was only due to the pianist Giovanni Sgambati that led to the opening of the musical institute on 23 May 1870. In 1911, the Liceo Musicale became an independent entity and

68-481: A commemoration on 22 November. She is honored on the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar with Agnes of Rome on 21 January. Croatian journal for church music Sveta Cecilija is named after her. It is published since 1877. Cecilia is frequently depicted playing the viola, a portative organ , or other musical instruments, evidently to express what was often attributed to her, namely that while

102-518: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia ( Latin : Sancta Caecilia ), also spelled Cecelia , was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic , Orthodox , Anglican , and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became

136-522: A list not including any 2nd century tombs. The Crypt of the Popes quickly filled up in the 4th century, causing other popes to be buried in related catacombs, such as the Catacomb of Priscilla , the Catacomb of Balbina (only Pope Mark ), the Catacomb of Calepodius (only Pope Callixtus I and Pope Julius I ), the Catacomb of Pontian (only Pope Anastasius I and Pope Innocent I , father and son), and

170-521: A personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies. Among those cited by Chaucer in " The Second Nun's Tale " are: lily of heaven, the way for the blind, contemplation of heaven and the active life, as if lacking in blindness, and a heaven for people to gaze upon. The first record of a music festival in her honour was held at Évreux in Normandy in 1570. The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome

204-645: A symbol of the Eucharist. At its peak, the 15-hectare (37-acre) site would have held the remains of 16 popes and 50 martyrs. Nine of those popes were buried in the Crypt of the Popes itself, to which Pope Damasus I built a staircase in the 4th century. Among the discovered Greek language inscriptions are those associated with: Pope Pontian , Pope Anterus , Pope Fabian , Pope Lucius I , and Pope Eutychian . A more lengthy inscription to Pope Sixtus II by Furius Dionisius Filocalus has also been discovered. Outside

238-1215: Is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world. It was founded by the papal bull , Ratione congruit , issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great , after whom Gregorian chant is named, and Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Her feast day became an occasion for musical concerts and festivals that occasioned well-known poems by John Dryden and Alexander Pope and music by Henry Purcell ( Ode to St. Cecilia ); 3 different oratorios by Marc-Antoine Charpentier , Caecilia virgo et martyr octo vocibus H.397, for soloists, double Chorus, double string orchestra and bc, Cecilia virgo et martyr H.413, for soloists, chorus, 2 treble instruments and bc, and Caecilia virgo et martyr H.415, for soloists, chorus, 2 treble instruments and bc, to libretti probably written by Philippe Goibaut ); George Frideric Handel ( Ode for St. Cecilia's Day ; Alexander's Feast ); Charles Gounod ( St. Cecilia Mass ); as well as Benjamin Britten , who

272-553: Is said to have followed that of her husband Valerian and his brother at the hands of the prefect Turcius Almachius. The legend about Cecilia's death says that after being struck three times on the neck with a sword, she lived for three days, and asked the pope to convert her home into a church. St. Cecilia was buried in the Catacomb of Callixtus and later transferred to the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere . In 1599, her body

306-656: The Acts of the Martyrs , has some historical foundation. Her feast day has been celebrated since about the fourth century. There is no mention of Cecilia in the Depositio Martyrum , but there is a record of an early Roman church founded by a lady of this name, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere . The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is reputedly built on the site of the house in which she lived. The original church

340-684: The Cemetery of Callixtus ) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way , most notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes ( Italian : Cappella dei Papi ), which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries. The Catacomb is believed to have been created by future Pope Callixtus I , then a deacon of Rome, under the direction of Pope Zephyrinus , enlarging pre-existing early Christian hypogea . Callixtus himself

374-454: The Isle of Wight , St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde was founded in 1882. The nuns live a traditional monastic life of prayer, work, and study in accordance with the ancient Rule of Saint Benedict . The famous luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume produces a line of violin and viola under the name St. Cécile with a decal stamped on the upper back. Cecilia is remembered in the Church of England with

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408-691: The Latin Church. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere , founded in the 3rd century by Pope Urban I , is believed to be on the site of the house where she lived and died. It is popularly supposed that Cecilia was a noble lady of Rome who, with her husband Valerian, his brother Tiburtius, and a Roman soldier named Maximus, suffered martyrdom about 230, under the Emperor Alexander Severus . Giovanni Battista de Rossi , however, argues that instead she perished in Sicily under

442-503: The Award of the two best Alumni Francesco Marini (cello) and Gregorio Maria Paone (clarinet). On 29 January 2020, following the confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in Italy, the director of the conservatory Roberto Giuliani suspended lessons for "Oriental" students, with a requirement for a doctor's visit in order for students to return. This article about a music organization is

476-518: The Crypt of the Popes, the region of Saints Gaius and Eusebius is so named for the facing tombs of Pope Gaius ("Caius") and Pope Eusebius (translated from Sicily). In another region, there is a tomb attributed to Pope Cornelius , bearing the inscription " CORNELIVS MARTYR ", also attributed to Filocalus. A plaque placed by Pope Sixtus III (c. 440) lists the following popes: Sixtus II, Dionysius, Cornelius, Felix, Pontianus, Fabianus, Gaius, Eusebius, Melchiades, Stephen, Urban I, Lucius, and Anterus,

510-555: The Emperor Marcus Aurelius between 176 and 180, citing the report of Venantius Fortunatus , Bishop of Poitiers (d. 600). According to the story, despite her vow of virginity, her parents forced her to marry a pagan nobleman named Valerian . During the wedding, Cecilia sat apart singing to God in her heart, and for that, she was later declared the saint of musicians. When the time came for her marriage to be consummated, Cecilia told Valerian that watching over her

544-459: The Popes, where nine pontiffs and, perhaps, eight representatives of the ecclesiastical hierarchy had been buried – along its walls are the original Greek inscriptions for the pontiffs Pontian , Anterus , Fabian , Lucius I and Eutychian . In the far wall Pope Sixtus II was also buried, after he was killed during the persecution of Valerian ; in front of his tomb Pope Damasus had carved an inscription in poetic metre in characters thought up by

578-479: The calligrapher Furius Dionysius Filocalus . In the adjoining crypt is the grave of Saint Cecilia , whose relics were removed by Pope Paschal I in 821: the early 9th-century frescoes on the walls represent Saint Cecilia praying, the bust of the Redeemer and Pope Urban I . A short distance away, an arcade dating to the end of the 2nd century gives access to the cubicula of the sacraments, with their frescoes from

612-453: The crypt of the martyrs Calogerus and Parthenius and the double cubiculum of Severus, which contains a rhythmic inscription (dated to no later than 304) in which a bishop of Rome (at that time Marcellinus ) is first called pope and first openly professes belief in the final resurrection. In a region further from there, the so-called "Crypt of Lucina", is the burial of Pope Cornelius , whose tomb still has its original inscription giving him

646-506: The first half of the 3rd century hinting at baptism , the Eucharist and the resurrection of the flesh; in the region of Saint Militiades next door, a child's sarcophagus has a front sculpted with biblical episodes. In the region of Saints Gaius and Eusebius are some crypts set apart, opposite each other, with the tombs of Pope Gaius (with an inscription) and Pope Eusebius , who died in Sicily where he had been exiled by Maxentius and whose body

680-468: The history of Cecilia. The Heavenly Life , a poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (which Gustav Mahler used in his Symphony No. 4 ) mentions that "Cecilia and all her relations make excellent court musicians." From the name of Cecilia comes Cecyliada , the name of the festival of sacred, choral, and contemporary music, held from 1994 in Police, Poland . Cecilia symbolizes the central role of music in

714-477: The length of passageways at about twenty kilometres, and the occupancy at about half a million bodies. This catacomb's most ancient parts are the crypt of Lucina , the region of the Popes and the region of Saint Cecilia , where some of the most sacred memories of the place are preserved (including the crypt of the Popes, the crypt of Saint Cecilia, and the crypt of the Sacraments); the other regions are named

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748-787: The liturgy. The Cistercian nuns of the convent nearby Santa Cecilia in Trastevere shear lambs' wool to be woven in the palliums of new metropolitan archbishops. The lambs are raised by the Trappists of the Abbey Tre Fontane in Rome. The Pope blesses the lambs every 21 January, the Feast of Saint Agnes . The pallia are given by the Pope to the new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul , 29 June. Located on

782-676: The musicians played at her nuptials, she sang in her heart to God. The organ, however, may be misattributed to her as the result of a mistranslation, though this is denied by the Italian musicologist and organist Domenico Morgante . A miniature Saint Cecilia beneath Worcester Cathedral was featured on the reverse side of the Sir Edward Elgar £20 banknote , which was withdrawn by the Bank of England in 2010. Catacomb of Callixtus The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as

816-562: The patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord". Musical compositions are dedicated to her, and her feast, on 22 November, is the occasion of concerts and musical festivals. She is also known as Cecilia of Rome . Saint Cecilia is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass in

850-673: The pioneering Italian archaeologist Giovanni Battista de Rossi . The catacomb forms part of an ancient funerary complex, the Complesso Callistiano , that occupies thirty hectares. The boundaries of this are taken as being the Via Appia Antica, the Via Ardeatina and the Vicolo delle Sette Chiese. The area of the catacomb proper is about fifteen hectares, and it goes down for five levels. A rough estimate puts

884-466: The region of Saint Gaius and the region of Saint Eusebius (end of the 3rd century), West region (built in the first half of the 4th century) and the Liberian region (second half of the 4th century), all showing grandiose underground architecture. A modern staircase, on the site of an ancient one, was built by Pope Damasus I , giving access to the region of the Popes, in which is to be found the Crypt of

918-537: The title of martyr and, on its sides, splendid paintings with figures in 7th and 8th century Byzantine style representing popes Sixtus II and Cornelius and the African bishops Cyprian and Ottatus . In a nearby cubiculum are some of the most ancient burials, after AD 175, with Roman frescoes of (on the ceiling) the Good Shepherd and orantes and (on the far wall) two fish with a basket of loaves behind it,

952-507: Was an angel of the Lord , who would punish him if he sexually violated her but would love him if he respected her virginity. When Valerian asked to see the angel, Cecilia replied that he could see the angel if he would go to the third milestone on the Via Appia and be baptized by Pope Urban I . After following Cecilia's advice, he saw the angel standing beside her, crowning her with a chaplet of roses and lilies. The martyrdom of Cecilia

986-405: Was born on her feast day ( Hymn to St Cecilia , based on a poem by W. H. Auden ). Herbert Howells' A Hymn to Saint Cecilia has words by Ursula Vaughan Williams; Gerald Finzi 's "For Saint Cecilia", Op. 30, was set to verses written by Edmund Blunden; Michael Hurd's 1966 composition "A Hymn to Saint Cecilia" sets John Dryden's poem; and Frederik Magle 's Cantata to Saint Cecilia is based on

1020-507: Was constructed in the fourth century; during the ninth century, Pope Paschal I had remains that were supposedly hers buried there. In 1599, while leading a renovation of the church, Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati had the remains, which he reported to be incorrupt , excavated and reburied. The name "Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii . Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for

1054-688: Was entombed in the Catacomb of Calepodius on the Aurelian Way . The crypt fell into disuse and decay as the relics it contained were translated from the catacombs to the various churches of Rome ; the final wave of translations from the crypt occurred under Pope Sergius II in the 9th century, primarily to San Silvestro in Capite , which unlike the Catacomb was within the Aurelian Walls . The Catacomb and Crypt were rediscovered in 1854 by

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1088-506: Was found still incorrupt , seeming to be asleep. Cecilia is one of the most famous Roman martyrs, although some elements of the stories recounted about her do not appear in the source material. According to Johann Peter Kirsch , the existence of the martyr is a historical fact. At the same time, some details bear the mark of a pious romance, like many other similar accounts compiled in the fifth and sixth centuries. The relation between Cecilia and Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus, mentioned in

1122-691: Was nationalized in 1919. Only after, it assumed its current name. Since the 2008/09 academic year, the conservatory also operates at the Parco della Musica Villa Battistini in Rieti . The branch at Sant'Andrea delle Fratte was inaugurated on 1 October 2013. In February 2019 the Conservatory celebrated the bestowing of the Honor Degree to the Former Minister of Education Luigi Berlinguer and

1156-416: Was translated to Rome during the pontificate of Militiades ; on a marble copy of the end of the 4th century (of which fragments may be seen on the opposite wall) may be read of an inscription by Damasus which highlights Eusebius' role in the resolution of schism in the early church, particularly as it related to the acceptance of apostates. Along "passage O" north of the Crypt of the Popes are, in succession,

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